On the mountain where we live, it is estimated there are about 60 White-Tailed Deer per square mile, so we get to observe them intimately and have a few does who observe us (when that guy will put out the bird food).
I have observed that these deer have a tawny reddish summer coat, but in the winter they turn gray. From a sample I took a few years ago I found that in the winter these deer grow hollow tubular hairs for insulation against the cold.
When spring comes, they shed this gray coat for the summer coat, and if you are in deer country in the USA, these tufts of winter fur should be all over the place.
White-Tailed Deer Winter Hairs
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White-Tailed Deer Winter Hairs
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Interesting, and nice picture
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg
Jörgen Hellberg, my webbsite www.hellberg.photo
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Any chance of the scale width of this hair.
used to do astronomy.
and photography.
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B&L stereo zoom.
and photography.
Zeiss Universal Phase contrast.
Zeiss PMII
B&L stereo zoom.